The Center for International Security and Cooperation is a center of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
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Scholarly Publications
“Spytainment”: The Real Influence of Fake Spies
June 2011
An excerpt from "Spytainment: The Real Influence of Fake Spies" (pp.
Mongolia and Her Uranium Prospects
February 2009
The entry of Mongolia to the league of democracy took place less than two decades ago.
Other Publications
Spooks, Incorporated
December 2012
Foreign Policy blogger and CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart explains how major private companies are increasingly developing their own intelligence that conduct surveillance and analyze information...
Focus on Officers, Not the Media
December 2012
CISAC Faculty Member Amy Zegart explains the politics behind leading the CIA: winning trust and support within the organization and with outsiders.
Fukushima and the Inevitability of Accidents
November 2011
Abstract Governments regulate risky industrial systems such as nuclear power plants in hopes of making them less risky, and a variety of formal and informal warning systems can help society avoid...
News
Stanford experts offer insight on China's stock market dive
July 2015
China's tight control over its economy is one reason why it is facing an economic slowdown of global implications, Stanford scholars say.China's stock market fall is now in its third week, and...
Events
Information, Ethnic Voting and Accountability: Evidence from Sierra Leone
April 23, 2013
It is often lamented that weak accountability and poor governance impede economic development in Africa.
Round table with Internet Freedom Fellows
March 14, 2013
The Internet Freedom Fellows program brings human rights activists from across the globe to Geneva, Washington, and Silicon Valley to meet with fellow activists, U.S.
Illicit Transnational Actors and Security: Myths, Misconceptions, and Historical Lessons
October 23, 2012
About the Topic: Conventional accounts of the proliferation of illicit transnational actors--ranging from migrant smugglers to drug traffickers to black market arms dealers--describe them as...
Projects
Consortium for Research on Information Security and Policy
As part of a response to growing government concern over the threat of cyber attacks directed against critical national infrastructures, the National Security Agency (NSA) contracted with Stanford...
English
Industrial Restructuring and the Political Economy in Russia
The nuclear cities have been isolated for security reasons for many decades, and this has also resulted in economic isolation.
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